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Jan. 22 1924.

A. El. DARBY SLING FORCONTAINERS Filed April 26, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1INVENTOR fZlo-nzo .EaDw-l'g ex I ATTURNEYS wan-an.

Jan. 22 1924.

A. E. DARBY sum FOR CONTAINERS Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed April 26,

Arromrs WITNESSES Patented Jan. 22, 'lhill l.

' ti it Application filed April 26, 195352. herial No. 556,757.

. To all "a a have it may concern.

Be it known that l, .ttoivzo Evnnnrr DARBY, a citizen oi: the UnitedEstates of America, "and a resident oft llialreside, in the county o tChelan and State of Wash ington, have invented a new and improved Filingfor Containers, of which the following is a description.

My invention. relates to a sling more particularly adapted for fruitcontainers to hold the container while it is being tilled and therebysaving one handling of the fruit which now is picked into a bucket orbag" and then poured into a container.

The general object of the invention is to provide a novel sling tor theindicated purpose, whereby the container may be securely held insupport-ed position in the sling or released with facility.

The nature of the invention and its distinguishing features andadvantages will clearly appear as the description proceeds.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a partofthis specification, it being understood that the drawings are merelyillustrative of practical eitamples of the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sling embodying my invention;

Figure 2 is a plan view thereof with the container in position;

.Figure 3 is a longitudinal vertical section on the line 3-3, Figure 2;showing" the parts in position with tne container engaging elements inthe inner position;

Figure 4- .is a vertical section similar to Figure 3 with the engagingelements in the outer position;

Figure 5 is a transverse vertical section as indicated by the line 5--5,Figure 3;

Figure 6 is a fragmentary perspective view showing a slight modificationin the swingable container-engaging elements;

Figure 7 is a view similar to Figure 6 but showing a further slightmodification. In carrying out my invention in the form shown in Figures1 to 5, a skeleton sling body 10 is used which for lightness is formedof wire and presents rectangular top and bottom frames connected bycorner posts 10 Shoulder straps 19: are provided secured at the front tohanger loops 11 provided on the rear longitudinal member of the topframe near the ends of said longitudinal member. Fiaid loops 11 areintegral in practice with vertical tie a bottom frames.

wires 11 extending between the top and At the back said straps convergeand are secured to an arched member 12} projecting above the frontlongitudinal member of the top trams; Said arch member- 13 here shown asintegral with tie wires 13, extending between the top and bottom framesoi the body at the trout, the material torming said arch and tie wiresbeing given turns as at 14.- about the t'ront longitudinal bar of thetop frame.

liingagin g elements 15 are provided at the bottom of the body 10 ateach end to engage beneath a container A, said elements in-the 'l'ormshown in Figures 1 to 5 having rectangular depressed portions 16 toaccommodate the bottom cleats in the container Tn l' igure 6 is shownthe engaging element: '5 adapted to be disposed beneath the bottom ofcontainer formed without the cleats. To Figure 7 the engaging ele ments15 are the same as the elements 15 except that they have rounded outercorners 15 to contorm to a container having rounded corners.

The elements 15 at each end or" the body 10 are integral with levers1.8, the material forming the levers and engaging elements being given aturn at each side arm thereot as at 17 about the bottom frame of thebody to swing on the body to a position for carrying the engagingelements 15 be neath the container A. or to swing said elementslaterally out-ward away from the planes of the ends of the container.

The material forming a lever 18 at the upper end thereot' is formed witha depressed portion 19 which extends through a link 20 which presents alongitudinal slot 21 in which the lever at its upper end may havesliding and roclrable movement. At the lower end or the slot 21 thelink. 20 curves laterally outward so that the depressed portion 19 ofthe lever will so engage the link 20 as to prevent swinging movement ofthe lever, whereby to main-- tain the engaging elements 15 beneath thecontainer A. At the upper end of the slot 21 a bend is termed in thelink 20 to provide a shoulder 28 to engage the depressed portion 19 otlever 18 in a manner to hold the engaging elements 15 in the outerposition away from the plane of the container as shown in Figure 4t.

The link 20 is hung at its upper end on a suitable member of the body10. As here shown said link 20 has the upper ends of its side armsformed with eyes 20 through which passes a horizontatend bar 24 slightlybelow the top of the body 10. Each bar 2 has its ends secured as by eyes25 to the adjacent end member of the top frame of the body 10, the bar24 being braced by a vertical tie wire 26 connecting said bar with theend member of the bottom frame. The upper ends of the levers 1S serve asfinger holds foroperating the' lever for throwing the enga ing elements15 to the inner or outer po sitlons. It will be observed that the upperend of the link 20 is on a fixed member of the frame 24 and the lever 18fulcrumed on the fixed member of the bottom so that sim ple and directmovements of the lever serve to throw the engaging elements 15 to eitherposition and it will be further noted that the lever 18 and link 20 areautomatically locked against movement in both positions of the engagingelements, 15.

I wouldstate in conclusion that while the illustrated examplesconstitute practical embodiments of myinvention, I do not limit myselfstrictly to the exact details herein illustrated, since, manifestly, thesame can be considerably varied Without departure from the spirit of theinvention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A sling for containers including a body, elements swingingly mountedon the body at the bottom for movement beneath a container or laterallyoutward from the engaging position, a lever to actuate saidretaining-elements, and a link pivoted at its oo-engaging members toautomatically hold the lever in position with said engaging elementsinweither the inner or the outer position.

2. A sling of the class described including a body adapted to receive acontainer, engaging elements for the container, mounted on said body atthe bottom to swing beneath the container or outwardly away from thecontainer, levers having connection with said elements to swing the sameto either positiomand links pivoted to the frame at their upper ends andformed with Longitudinal slots through which membeis of the le vers atthe upper ends of the latter pass, said links havin their lower endscurved laterally outward and formed with shoulders near the upper endsof the slots, said lower ends and said shoulders adapted to ongagethesaid members of the levers to hold the levers with said engagingelements in either position.

3. A sling of the class described including a body adapted to receive acontainer, engaging elements for the container mounted on said body atthe bottom to swing beneath the container or outwardly away from thecontainer, levers having connection with said elements to swing the sameto either position, and links pivoted to the frame at their'upper ends,said links-having means to automatically effect holding engagement withthe lever and prevent accidental movement thereof in either position ofsaid container-engaging elements.

ALONZO EVERETT DARBY.

